Footfall was up by 31 across all UK retail destinations up until noon on Tuesday compared with Christmas Eve last year – although that was ...

Manchester United star Diogo Dalot has helped serve food to homeless people at a shelter in the city. The Portuguese defender, a £19 million signing from Milan, turned up unannounced with his partner ...

Santa Claus has been spotted all across the UK by observers on the ground eager to receive their Christmas presents.

Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian filmmaker known for pioneering a cinema movement that tackled social issues in the 1970s, has died after chronic kidney disease aged 90. His contribution to cinema was ...

A major storm pounded California’s central coast on Monday, bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally ...

Among those who braved the elements on the Christmas Eve swim in Helen’s Bay were a couple who first met at the event last year.

An explosion at an ammunition factory in north-west Turkey left 11 dead and five injured on Tuesday morning. The blast occurred in Balikesir province, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. The ...

The Federal Aviation Administration’s website acknowledged the airline’s request for a ‘nationwide groundstop’.

A day later on Christmas Eve, residents received another email from Urang apologising “for the distress” caused and suggesting “to maintain the Christmas cheer” people with light displays should ...

The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia’s Siberia region, who call it the best-preserved mammoth body ...

Moving at speeds of up to 430,000mph and enduring temperature of up to 982C, Nasa Parker Solar Probe is a mission to ‘touch’ the sun.